TGV delays on the South-East line: SNCF confirms the suicide of a train driver

The cause of the major TGV delays on the South-East high-speed line, during the night of Tuesday 24 to Wednesday 25 December, is now official according to the SNCF.

TGV traffic on the South-East high-speed line was severely disrupted during the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, causing major delays for thousands of passengers. Initially presented as a “personal accident” that would have caused these disruptions, the act of suicide on the part of a driver is now official.

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The driver “ended his life while the train was moving”, announced the SNCF, specifying that “the automatic stopping devices of the train were activated and the train stopped automatically”. “The safety of the train's passengers was not threatened at any time, nor was the safety of traffic”, assures the company.

According to a source close to the investigation, the driver of a train jumped off the train early in the evening on Tuesday. His lifeless body was discovered a little later around 8 p.m.

“We will remember this one”

Upon their arrival at Lyon station, some passengers were disillusioned about having spent their New Year's Eve stuck. “We are tired, we have a 10-year-old who is exasperated, who was hoping to see his cousins ​​for New Year's Eve… It's ruined”, laments a user of the Lyon-Paris train, to our colleagues at BFM TV.

“We missed New Year's Eve a bit, but at least we'll remember this one”, says another passenger.

3,000 people affected

Taxis were made available during the night for passengers who were victims of this incident. Just over 3,000 people were affected by these delays in the middle of Christmas Eve.

Some trains were up to 5 hours late, but none were cancelled, according to the SNCF. In addition, the organisation indicated that it would compensate up to 100% of the ticket price of customers most affected by the delays.